Preface

This manual describes how to perform operations in the user interface of Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Service Support (hereafter JP1/IM - Service Support).

In this manual, Job Management Partner 1 is abbreviated to JP1.

The following products are referred to collectively as Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Service Support or JP1/IM - Service Support in this manual.

Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Service Support^#
Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Service Support Advanced Edition

#: Referred to as JP1/IM - Service Support (Standard) in this manual.

Organization of this preface

Intended readers
Organization of this manual
Manual suite
Conventions: Fonts and symbols
Conventions: Diagrams
Conventions: Installation Folders
Conventions: Meaning of "default" in this manual
Entering two-byte characters in the user interface

■ Intended readers

This manual is intended for readers who intend to use the JP1/IM - Service Support user interface to build or use a JP1/IM - Service Support environment.

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■ Organization of this manual

This manual is organized into the following chapters and appendixes:

1. Overview of JP1/IM - Service Support: This chapter provides an overview of JP1/IM - Service Support.
2. Logging in and Logging Out of JP1/IM - Service Support: This chapter describes how to log in and out of JP1/IM - Service Support.
3. Building a JP1/IM - Service Support Environment: This chapter describes how to build the JP1/IM - Service Support environment from the user interface.
4. Displaying and Working With Items: This chapter describes how to display and work with Items in the JP1/IM - Service Support user interface.
5. Checking Item Statuses and Outputting Reports: This chapter describes how to check the status of Items in the JP1/IM - Service Support user interface, and how to output reports.
6. Messages: This chapter describes the messages output in relation to on-screen operations in JP1/IM - Service Support.
A. Version Changes: This appendix lists the changes in each version.
B. Reference Material for This Manual: This appendix provides reference material for this manual.
C. Glossary: This appendix explains the terminology used in this manual

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■ Manual suite

The JP1/IM - Service Support manual set contains two manuals, including this one. Read the manual appropriate for the purpose.

Job Management Partner 1 Version 10 Job Management Partner 1 Job Management Partner 1//Integrated Management - Service Support Configuration and Administration Guide (3021-3-364(E)): This manual should be read by system administrators who manage and maintain JP1/IM - Service Support. It provides an overview of JP1/IM - Service Support, and describes its functionality, installation and setup, and how to use the product.
Job Management Partner 1 Version 10 Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Service Support Operator's Guide (3021-3-365(E)): This manual should be read by users who will be using the graphical interface JP1/IM - Service Support to perform operations. It describes the operations you can perform from the windows and dialog boxes of JP1/IM - Service Support.

The on-screen operations related to Items are described only in the Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Service Support Operator's Guide. On-screen operations that relate to building the JP1/IM - Service Support environment are described in the Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Service Support Configuration and Administration Guide and the Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Service Support Operator's Guide.

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■ Conventions: Fonts and symbols

The following table explains the text formatting conventions used in this manual:

Text formatting	Convention
Bold	Bold characters indicate text in a window, other than the window title. Such text includes menus, menu options, buttons, radio box options, or explanatory labels. For example: From the File menu, choose Open. Click the Cancel button. In the Enter name entry box, type your name.
Italic	Italic characters indicate a placeholder for some actual text to be provided by the user or system. For example: Write the command as follows: `copy` `source-file` `target-file` The following message appears: `A file was not found. (file =` `file-name)` Italic characters are also used for emphasis. For example: Do not delete the configuration file.
`Monospace`	Monospace characters indicate text that the user enters without change, or text (such as messages) output by the system. For example: At the prompt, enter `dir`. Use the `send` command to send mail. The following message is displayed: `The password is incorrect.`

Text formatting

Convention

Bold

Bold characters indicate text in a window, other than the window title. Such text includes menus, menu options, buttons, radio box options, or explanatory labels. For example:

From the File menu, choose Open.
Click the Cancel button.
In the Enter name entry box, type your name.

Italic

Italic characters indicate a placeholder for some actual text to be provided by the user or system. For example:

Write the command as follows:

copy source-file target-file
The following message appears:

A file was not found. (file = file-name)

Italic characters are also used for emphasis. For example:

Do not delete the configuration file.

Monospace

Monospace characters indicate text that the user enters without change, or text (such as messages) output by the system. For example:

At the prompt, enter dir.
Use the send command to send mail.
The following message is displayed:

The password is incorrect.

The following table explains the symbols used in this manual:

Symbol	Convention
`\|`	In syntax explanations, a vertical bar separates multiple items, and has the meaning of OR. For example: `A\|B\|C` means A, or B, or C.
`{ }`	In syntax explanations, curly brackets indicate that only one of the enclosed items is to be selected. For example: `{A\|B\|C}` means only one of A, or B, or C.
`[ ]`	In syntax explanations, square brackets indicate that the enclosed item or items are optional. For example: `[A]` means that you can specify `A` or nothing. `[B\|C]` means that you can specify `B`, or `C`, or nothing.
`...`	In coding, an ellipsis (...) indicates that one or more lines of coding have been omitted. In syntax explanations, an ellipsis indicates that the immediately preceding item can be repeated as many times as necessary. For example: `A,` `B,` `B,` `...` means that, after you specify `A,` `B,` you can specify B as many times as necessary.

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■ Conventions: Diagrams

This manual uses the following conventions in diagrams:

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■ Conventions: Installation Folders

In this manual, the paths of files whose location can be specified by the user are written in italics.

Installation folder	Convention
IM-SS-path	The folder where JP1/IM - Service Support is installed. The default installation folder^# is either `system-drive:\Program Files` `\Hitachi\JP1SS` or `system-drive:\Program Files (x86)\Hitachi\JP1SS`
system-drive	The drive on which the operating system is installed

Installation folder

Convention

IM-SS-path

The folder where JP1/IM - Service Support is installed.

The default installation folder^# is either system-drive:\Program Files \Hitachi\JP1SS or system-drive:\Program Files (x86)\Hitachi\JP1SS

system-drive

The drive on which the operating system is installed

#: The folder where JP1/IM - Service Support is installed by default.

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■ Conventions: Meaning of "default" in this manual

The term default in this manual describes the initial state of JP1/IM - Service Support after a new installation. In this state, command arguments and the keys in definition files might be assigned an initial value. This value is called a default value.

The term default does not apply when no value is specified for a command arguments or a key in a definition file.

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■ Entering two-byte characters in the user interface

Characters entered in JP1/IM - Service Support are converted to UTF-8 encoding. This means that two-byte characters are converted to three or four bytes. Take this into consideration when entering two-byte characters.

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